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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 441.070 (2026)

No notice necessary, when

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  441.070.  No notice necessary, when. — No notice to quit shall be necessary from or to a tenant whose term is to end at a certain time, or when, by special agreement, notice is dispensed with.

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(RSMo 1939 § 2972)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2585; 1919 § 6881; 1909 § 7884

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1957–2025 · leading case: Cusumano v. Outdoors Today, Inc., 608 S.W.2d 136 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980).
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Cusumano v. Outdoors Today, Inc., 608 S.W.2d 136 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 3× “Defendant’s final contention of error relates to whether he received proper notice to vacate the premises.”
Millhouse v. Drainage Dist. No. 48 of Dunklin Cnty., 304 S.W.2d 54 (Mo. Ct. App. 1957). · cites it 3× “Section 441.070 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. 16 . Ray v.”
Henze v. Shell Oil Co., 758 S.W.2d 93 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 4× “030 RSMo 1986, First Subdivision; Section 441.070 RSMo 1986; Cook v. Cureatz, 466 S.”
United States v. Hall, 463 F. Supp. 787 (W.D. Mo. 1978). · cites it 2× “Under such circumstances, Section 441.070, R.S.Mo.1969, V.A.M.S., provides that no notice to quit shall be required.”
Busby v. Stimpson, 542 S.W.2d 551 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “The court held that the predecessor to § 441.070 RSMo 1969 governs oral leases which are unenforceable because of the statute of frauds.”
Jim Medve Inv. Co. v. Bailous, 740 S.W.2d 678 (Mo. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “2d at 139 [10]; § 441.070, RSMo 1986. Therefore, this point fails.”
Watkins v. Wattle, 558 S.W.2d 705 (Mo. Ct. App. 1977). ““Where a tenant enters into possession of farm lands under an oral agreement for an indefinite term, his tenancy at will becomes a tenancy from year to year which may be terminated only by giving written notice to quit at least sixty days before the end of the term, § 441.”
Kiefer v. First Capitol Sports Ctr., Inc., 684 S.W.2d 483 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984). “See § 441.070; Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.”
McNeill v. McNeill, 456 S.W.2d 800 (Mo. Ct. App. 1970). “§ 441.070. But defendants overlook the long-established principle that “where one in possession of land, whether as tenant or vendee, under an executory contract of purchase or otherwise, repudiates his contract, or denies the title of the true owner, he thereby determines the…”
Cook v. Cureatz, 466 S.W.2d 133 (Mo. Ct. App. 1971). · cites it 2× “Under such circumstances, Section 441.070, R.S.Mo. 1969, V.A.M.S., provides that no notice to quit shall be required.”
Vanguard Heights d/b/a Sandhurst Apt. Mgmt. v. Haitham Sourakli (Mo. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “For its part, Vanguard asserts that it did not need to give Sourakli any notice to terminate this one-year fixed-term lease since section 441.070 provides that “[n}o notice to quit shall be necessary from or fo a tenant whose term is to end at a certain time.”
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